On 6/24/2013 2:00 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:32:30 -0600, casa bona > wrote:
>
>> On 6/24/2013 4:15 AM, wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:04:44 +1000, John J > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:18:27 -0300, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:50:21 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just look around the world and see the countries that have been the most
>>>>>> successful..... the US, Canada, Australia, the better of the African and
>>>>>> Asian countries.
>>>>>
>>>>> The British Empire was certainly not all bad, better to have had that
>>>>> than some of the Portuguese/Spanish RC priestly invasions raping a
>>>>> country's wealth and keeping the natives poor, uneducated and
>>>>> pregnant.
>>>>
>>>> Amazing how things have changed. Now the UK's a colony of the US
>>>
>>>
>>> I recall how scathing the US was after WWII about the British Empire
>>> falling and the English not having the wit to realise it, so now the
>>> US needs to look in the mirror ! May I say China ?
>>>
>> Didn't they go on a buying binge on Canada recently?
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stor...ooc-nexen.html
>>
>> China's Nexen buy is Canada's elephant in the oil patch
>
> We have a conservative PM from Alberta - he believes the Tar Sands are
> clean.
>
He's never flown over ft. McMurray?

http://o.canada.com/2013/05/10/timel...gle-timelapse/